The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen3T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 páginas |
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... less sharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice more than ad- vanced the theory of morality . If I could flatter my- self that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering be- twixt ...
... less sharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice more than ad- vanced the theory of morality . If I could flatter my- self that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering be- twixt ...
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... less dry , and more susceptible of poetical orna- ment . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the passage : to deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a task more ...
... less dry , and more susceptible of poetical orna- ment . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the passage : to deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a task more ...
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... less ? Ask of thy mother Earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! Of systems possible , if ' tis confest , That Wisdom ...
... less ? Ask of thy mother Earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! Of systems possible , if ' tis confest , That Wisdom ...
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... less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of show'rs and sunshine as of Man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever tempʼrate , calm , and wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's ...
... less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of show'rs and sunshine as of Man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever tempʼrate , calm , and wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's ...
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... less than angel , would be more ; Now looking downwards , just as griev'd appears 175 To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use had he the pow'rs of all ? Nature to ...
... less than angel , would be more ; Now looking downwards , just as griev'd appears 175 To want the strength of bulls , the fur of bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use had he the pow'rs of all ? Nature to ...
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Adrastus Argive Argos Balaam bear beauty Behold bids bless'd blessing blest bliss breast Cadmus Cæsar charms clouds Cocytus confest creature crown'd dæmon diff'rent divine dreadful Dunciad earth Epistles Essay Eteocles eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate father fear feast fix'd flow'ry fool form'd fury gen'rous give gods gold grace ground happiness hate heart Heav'n honour int'rest iron harvest Jove king knave Laius learn'd Lord Man's mankind mind monarch mortal Muse Nature Nature's never nymph o'er parterre Phoebus PHRYNE plain Pleas'd pleasure Polynices pow'r pride Procris proud race rage rays realms reason reign Riches rise ruling passion Sappho self-love shade shine sire skies soul taste taught temples Theban Thebes thee thine things thou thro throne Tisiphone toil tow'rs trembling Twas Tydeus tyrant Vertumnus vice virtue wand'ring weak whole wise wood wretched youth
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Página 33 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent : Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 36 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Página 36 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 72 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 64 - OH happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ? whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'er-look'd, seen double, by the fool, and wise.
Página 46 - Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Página 33 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
Página 102 - twould a Saint provoke, (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke) No, let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — «<• And— Betty— give this Cheek a little Red.
Página 60 - For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administer'd is best...
Página 32 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...